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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nilpa

This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Finnic

Etymology

Sound-symbolic.

Adjective

*nilpa[1]

  1. slippery, slimy

Noun

*nilpa

  1. slime

Inflection
Inflection of *nilpa
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *nilpa *nilbat
accusative *nilban *nilbat
genitive *nilban *nilpadën
*nilpoidën
partitive *nilpada *nilpoida
inessive *nilbassa
*nilbahna		 *nilboissa
*nilboihna
elative *nilbasta *nilboista
illative *nilpahën *nilpoihën
adessive *nilballa *nilboilla
ablative *nilbalta *nilboilta
allative *nilpalën
*nilpalëk		 *nilpoilën
*nilpoilëk
essive *nilpana *nilpoina
translative *nilbaksi *nilboiksi
instructive *nilban *nilboin
comitative *nilpanëk *nilpoinëk
abessive *nilbatta *nilboitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: (dialectal) nilb, nilv
  • Finnish: (dialectal) nilpa, nilva, ⇒ nilviäinen
  • Karelian: ⇒
    • South Karelian: nilpakka
  • Livonian: nīlba
  • Livvi: ⇒ nilpakko

From *nilpe-:

  • Estonian: nilbe
  • Võro: nilbõ

References
  1. Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*nilpa”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto‎ (in Finnish)

Further reading
  • “nilbe”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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